U of I (Fighting Illini)

And, He's OFF.... Again!

Not even home a whole week and he is back at it! Zach found a camp in Champaign, IL - which is the home of the University of Illinois - Fighting Illini.

One of the guys Zach met at the ShoMe camp in MO is also going to the Illinois camp.They have planned it so they will room together in the dorms!

We headed out on Saturday afternoon, after watching a few innings of Cody's game in Champlin.

The weather was pretty stormy for most of the drive! We thought for sure we were going to see a tornado, but we didn't. We stopped at a hotel with about an hour left to go and stayed the night. Got up the next morning and enjoyed a yummy breakfast at a local truckstop! We were then back on the road! We made it to Champaign just in time for check in. Zach found Josh right away, got checked in with their room keys and got settled. They didn't have much time to settle in however, since they had to be ready to go, in their baseball gear in 30 minutes.

Zach had 3 keys: 1 for his room, 1 for the bathroom, and one for building access.

 

Once all of the guys were in their gear and huddled up, the coaches went through the expectations of the  camp. Here are a couple things the head coach addressed: (this is a assessment/exposure camp for players 14 to 19): "No Drinking, No Drugs, No Smoking - if you get caught doing any of theses, I will first call the local police department, then I will call your parents, and finally I will make a call to your highschool coach. This is about baseball!" and "You will take your hat off when you eat. You can eat as much as you want, but you will not pile your plate up and then decide you don't like it."

Zach and Josh

This is the Dorms that Zach stayed in

  

Once the huddle was done, Shane and I headed out and drove home. We made a couple pit stops at rest areas, stops for gas and food. We made it home early enough to stop and pick up Sophie! She was so happy to see us! We got home by about 10:15pm!